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It doesn’t look like much but China’s new amphibious armored car has ambitions of becoming the world’s fastest and part of the equipment inventory of the People’s Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF). A prototype of the yet unnamed 4×4 wheeled armored fighting vehicle (AFV) being developed by little known North China Institute of Vehicle Research…

NEW DELHI – The Indian navy plans to acquire seven new-generation guided missile corvettes at a cost of $2 billion to replace its Russian-built 1241-RE missile boats, allowing only domestic companies to bid under the government’s “Make in India” rules. While the ships themselves must be constructed at an Indian shipyard, some major systems of…

Indian aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya. Photo: courtesy of Indian Navy. Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) has successfully completed the refit of the Indian Navy’s aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya, one month ahead of schedule. The aircraft carrier was drydocked in September this year at CSL to undergo repair work scheduled for 70 days. CSL appointed IIT Chennai…